Uzel

Uzel
Uzel; Uzel
	Commune
	The town hall of Uzel
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Uzel Location within Brittany region Uzel
	Coordinates: 48°17′N 2°50′W / 48.28°N 2.84°WCoordinates: 48°17′N 2°50′W / 48.28°N 2.84°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Saint-Brieuc
Canton	Mûr-de-Bretagne
Intercommunality	Pays d'Uzel-près-l'Oust
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Yves Le Plénier
Area1	6.79 km2 (2.62 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,056
• Density	160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22384 /22460
Elevation	116–238 m (381–781 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Uzel (or Uzel-près-l'Oust^[1]) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is about 100 km (62 mi) west-northwest of Rennes and 15 km (9.3 mi) north-northwest of Loudéac.

The old school, in the centre of Uzel, was the scene of torture and killings by the Nazis and by the collaborationist Bezen Perrot, in 1944.

Population

The inhabitants of Uzel are known in French as uzelais.

Fulgence Bienvenüe, chief engineer for the Paris Métro in 1896, was born in Uzel in 1852.
Alphonse Guépin, architect, born in Uzel in 1808.
Yves Morvan, romanesque art specialist, born in Uzel in 1932.

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